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Old 17-01-2008, 01:25 PM
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'Wii warm-up' good for surgeons

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Playing computer games such as the Nintendo Wii can improve a surgeon's performance in the operating theatre, a US study shows.
Only certain games are effective - those requiring delicate movements.

The fine hand control required to play these games acts as a warm up and hones scalpel skills the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Centre team claim.

Now they are designing Wii software that will accurately simulate surgical procedures, New Scientist reports.

They asked eight trainee surgeons to spend an hour playing the games on a console before performing "virtual reality" surgery on a computer system.
BBC NEWS | Health | 'Wii warm-up' good for surgeons

How do they finds things like this out? "mmm what shall we do today? Lets play the Wii then see if we can perform an appendectomy any better!"""
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